Cthulhu Gonfalon

Chapter 856: Vol V Chapter 216

Leon had been extremely careful to wear on his full armor.

After its creation, other than trying it on a few times in Sui Xiong's Holy Kingdom, he had not worn it before in the Human Realm.

This was because, in recent years, he had never met an enemy strong enough to require such armor. Normal enemies did not even require him to pull out his personal sword as he could defeat them with a wave of his hands. Even the stronger enemies only required a typical, ordinary sword to defeat.

In his hands, any object, even a twig, could be considered holy soldiers' weapon. A normal long sword was more than enough to win over a range of enemies as long as it did not come into contact with other magical objects. This was the first battle that required him to pull out magical objects to fight.

Leo had always thought this was a pity because all strong individuals often desired to fight a good and hard battle against a strong opponent. Many legendary peak and demigod individuals had left the Main Plane as their powers had exceeded the extremes of the Main Plane or because they wanted to be able to fight freely without the restrictions of the Main Plane enchantments. However, as the Church of Void Mask's Archbishop, Leon could not ever leave. Once he left, the church would have no leader and be thrown into chaos!

With this inability to leave, Leon was not really able to find suitable opponents to spar with. Other than the occasional challenge with Wall and other gods of his standard where he had been crushed and lay on the floor like a dead dog, there weren't many other battles worth mentioning.

This fight before him in terms of intensity was still significantly lower than that with gods. However, while gods would show mercy, this evil dragon would not. It was almost guaranteed that Leon would lose to the gods, but even so, they would kindly accompany him to train and help him heal. However, if he lost here, well…. One could say that things would be much "simpler" in the sense that Leon would simply die with his ashes directly spread over the entire land.

However, this high level of danger not only increased Leon's alertness but also excited him.

Towards such a battle against a strong magical creature who could be at the legendary peak or demigod status, Leon finally decided to change into his full armor and decided to have a good "conversation" with the dragon in the best way that knights knew how: through a good fight.

Although… the results of this "conversation" had been decided by fate already.

After a while, the evil dragon's roars finally stopped, and the swirling winds and tornado began to ease. The sand that had been picked up was lowered down, and the giant crater that had been created stopped smoking and became peaceful.

In this peace, the evil dragon widened his eyes and eyed Leon, who emitted strength with his armor.

Although the dragon's brain had not fully healed, it could sense that Leon was now several times more dangerous. This battle was also one of life or death for it.

In the sky, Sui Xiong and Wenner observed this imminent battle anxiously.

"Between Leon and the dragon, who do you think has a higher chance of winning?" Sui Xiong asked.

"Currently, I don't know. The fight has already progressed to an extremely intense level, and both sides do not have an extremely strong protective boundary. In this case, their levels of attack are about the same and the final decisive battle would probably happen like a strike of lighting, just like how knight stories often put it," Wenner replied.

According to such a description, as long as Leon took out his true powers and used his passion for justice, it was possible for him to kill the evil dragon.

However, Wenner knew this was not possible in reality.

No matter how strong Leon was, he was still a mere human and had limits to the power he could demonstrate. With his level of martial arts, he did not need to face the dragon. As long as he could use his own advantage well, he could fight agilely. Even without a victory, he would not lose too badly as well. Well, at least he would not die.

On the ground, the huge crater was like a dry little lake or like a scar left behind by a giant meteorite. In the center of the crater, Leon, in his elegant armor and wielding his sword, faced off against the dragon who was emitting evil vibes.

Both sides could increase momentum at any time. With their powers, even if they wanted to raise it to one that shook the entire Main Plane, it was entirely possible. However, they did not do so infinitely as such a battle of momentum would tire one out shortly.

This was not physical but mental.

Such a battle required much concentration, and for both sides, it was a giant weight on their shoulders.

The only thing worth being thankful for is that I did not ride a dragon here!" Leon could not help but laugh to himself. If I had done so, that unlikely dragon would have been scared off by this giant dragon's momentum…

Leon's laugh had been one of amusement and not arrogance, but the dragon misinterpreted it as Leon picking a fight. It thus let out a terrifying roar, and its entire body disappeared and appeared right in front of Leon. It was shocking that that giant body was able to move at such a great speed.

However, this did not startle Leon. Leon moved his left leg half a step back, gripped his sword tight with both hands and waved it towards the side. The sword absorbed the force of the dragon's movements with ease and nearly caused the dragon to collapse on the ground. Previously, the dragon had actually intended to knock Leon over with its speed.

Strange, this dragon is not actually that powerful after all!

Just as Leon thought that he suddenly sensed great danger. Without further hesitation, his body turned into blue smoke, and right before the dragon's tail could hit him, disappeared.

Right after, his voice appeared beside the dragon's neck, and the sword he had been gripping in his hands hit the dragon's neck hard like an axe cutting a tree. The dragon let out a cry of pain and anger. The scales on its neck reflected light like a rainbow, and it looked like circles within circles, just like ripples of water.

Leon had already taken a few steps back, enough for him to make a quick escape if necessary.

Such an attack did not have much strength to Leon's surprise. To ensure his own safety and for victory, Leon felt that he should just take a step back first. He felt that he should escape this crater and at least find a piece of flat land to fight better.

The ground in the crater was a little shaky, and it affected the way he inflicted his moves. On flat line, Leon would be more steady and powerful.

As he thought, Leon rushed out of the crater and stood outside of it in a fighting stance, waiting.

"I didn't get to execute my move brilliantly just now, so let's try again! Come over here and meet me!" Leon's voice rang brilliantly in the air in the direction of the dragon.